Isaiah 5:7
7 aFor the vineyard of the Lord of hostsis the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ▼
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ▼
Isaiah 30:12
12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,“Because you despise this word
and trust in doppression and perverseness
and rely on them,
Isaiah 59:13
13transgressing, and denying the Lord,and turning back from following our God,
espeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Jeremiah 6:6
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts:f“Cut down her trees;
gcast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be hpunished;
there is nothing but oppression within her.
Jeremiah 22:17
17But you have eyes and heartonly for your dishonest gain,
ifor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Ezekiel 22:7
7Father and mother jare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ksuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow lare wronged in you.Ezekiel 22:29
29The people of the land mhave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and nhave extorted from the sojourner without justice.Amos 3:9
9 Proclaim to the strongholds in oAshdodand to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on pthe mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and qthe oppressed in her midst.”
Amos 4:1
1“Hear this word, ryou cows of Bashan,who are son the mountain of Samaria,
twho oppress the poor, uwho crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
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